The World Record Club Ltd. was the name of a company in the United Kingdom which issued long-playing records and reel-to-reel tapes, mainly of classical music and jazz, through a membership mail-order system during the 1950s and 1960s. In addition to titles imported from recording companies like Everest Records and Westminster Records, which it obtained on franchise, it made a series of recordings of international artists using its own engineers. Although often of great musical interest and very ...

If your machine is a 4 track (unless you can configure which tracks you can use) you have to make up a lead with a single phono at one end plugged into the left o/p of the recorder and then wired to two phono plugs at the amp end to give 2 channel mono. But these tapes do sound good used like that

You know, I’ve not really taken notice of what the local forces are using these days. Next time I’m at work will have a look. I know the courts I visit are digital but most of my time is spent in the cell areas tbh so it’s memory (and a pen and paper if it’s safe) mostly when I’m interviewing people.

Istr that police interviews were (are?) recorded on tape well into the current digital age as cassettes are far less susceptible to editing jiggery-pokery. Additionally, a physical copy is ready to be given to the suspects legal representative as soon as the interview is finished, thus eliminating any suspicions of editing whilst waiting for a copy to be made.